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Parliamentary
and Municipal
Elector's Registration
Bill.
This Bill, introduced by Mr. Causton, amends
the law with respect to the Registration of Voters
in the Metropolis successive occupation of either Lodgings
or Houses or from different qualifying premises in any
part of the Metropolis, to qualify for vote; the separate
Lodger List to be abolished and new forms for claim provided.
It has now been dropped.
Occupiers'
Disqualification
Removal Bill.
This is another Bill dealing with the Registra-
n ~
tion Laws, and proposes to enact that soldiers,
and others absent on service shall not be disqualified tor not
having been in continuous occupation. It has been reintroduced
from last Session.
Housing of the
Working
Classes.
Is a Bill, re-introduced by Lord Henry Bruce,
to further amend the Law relating to the Dwellings
of the Working Classes and the Artizans' and Labourers'
Dwellings Improvement Acts, 1875 to 1885, it increases the
penalties on owners of dwellings for disobedience of an order
requiring abatement of nuisance, makes it an obligation of
every Vestry and District Board to make Bye-laws respecting
lodging houses, and gives power of inspection of cellar
dwellings. The Local Government are authorised upon a
written representation of at least six ratepayers in a district,
to hold an enquiry us to whether the local authority have
tailed to do their duty under Section Seven of the Housing
of the Working Classes' Act, 1885, and if such representation
is well founded, the Board shall issue an order dissolving the
local authority in default, and directing a fresh election of
Members.
Housing of the
Working
Classes
(Metropolis).
This is also a Bill on the same subject brought
in by Mr. James Stuart, empowering the County